Question

Read the passage. The night of the massive storm will be in the townspeople's memories forever. The rain pounded against the windows, and the trees bent sideways from the wind. The crackling sound from the battery-powered radios filled the air as the broadcaster repeated, "Please take cover! Take cover now!" Only darkness could be seen inside the homes, as the electricity had been knocked out. Which word best describes the mood of this passage? A-suspenseful B-tense C-angry D-threatening​

Answer 1

b- tense

Step-by-step explanation:

a- (incorrect) suspenseful means "arousing excited expectation or uncertainty about what may happen", we know there will be a storm and other important facts we need to know, which allows us to be certain about what is happening, so there is no excitement coming from uncertainty

b- (correct) we can sense the mood tensing when we read phrases like, "the rain pounded", "the crackling sound", "Please take cover! Take cover now!", etc.

c- (incorrect) there are no key words that lets us know that someone or something is angry.

d- (incorrect) technically, nothing is trying to threaten anyone, or anything, a storm is a natural disaster, and a natural event, which makes it hard to say something is trying to threaten someone, therefore we can't really say the mood is threatening (maybe saying that the people might feel like being threatened will be more closer to being correct).